Louisiana
does
things
a
little
differently.
For
example,
they
aren’t
a
common
law
state.
Stemming
from
their
particular
French
and
Spanish
history,
their
jurisprudence
is
primarily
focused
on
civil
law
and
statutes.
Another
idiosyncrasy
of
theirs?
Tenure
—
that
little
thing
meant
to
protect
academic
free
speech
by
preventing
professors
from
being
fired
over
expressing
their
political
views
—
doesn’t
seem
to
guarantee
the
same
protection
in
the
Pelican
State
as
everywhere
esle.
Lailluminator
has
coverage:
An
LSU
law
school
professor
has
been
removed
from
teaching
classes
for
reportedly
making
political
comments
in
the
classroom,
his
attorney
says.LSU
Paul
M.
Hebert
Law
Center
Dean
Alena
Allen
told
students
in
an
online
meeting
Tuesday
that
tenured
law
professor
Ken
Levy
is
being
replaced
pending
an
investigation.Baton
Rouge
attorney
Jill
Craft,
who
is
representing
Levy,
said
he
intends
to
fight
the
reprimand.“We
cannot
live
and
exist
in
a
country
where
people
are
punished
because
of
their
opinions,
their
thoughts
and
their
words,”
Craft
said.
“This
is
particularly
true
in
the
area
of
academic
freedom.
If
we
take
that
away,
it
takes
away
the
cornerstone
of
this
democracy.
And
then
we
don’t
have
one
anymore.”
What
in
the
world
could
Prof.
Levy
have
said
that
was
bad
enough
to
remove
him
from
class?
There’s
only
one
thing
that
I
can
think
of
that
is
so
dangerous
that
merely
saying
it
should
warrant
such
a
response.
For
that
reason
I
will
not
say
it,
but
nothing
prevents
me
from
dropping
this
little
skit
involving
The
Whitest
Kids
You
Know’s
Trevor
Moore:
So,
what
extremely
illegal
thing
did
Prof.
Levy
say?
Because
Amy
Wax
has
been
verbally
“giving
her
heart
out”
to
folks
for
years
and
is
just
barely
starting
to
face
consequences.
If
you
have
any
details
on
the
story,
you
can
reach
us
at
[email protected].
LSU
Law
Professor
Removed
From
Classes
Amid
Investigation
Into
Alleged
Political
Comments
[Lailluminator]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.